Procurement Specialist

**Who we are**:
Avove is a leading infrastructure services and engineering company at the heart of modern Britain designing, maintaining and transforming utility infrastructure. We design, build and maintain the UK’s utilities infrastructure to help transform local communities for the better.

We are proud to work in partnership with our clients, including Severn Trent, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, Scottish Water and Northumbrian Water.

We work closely with our clients to help protect and improve their assets, enhance customer experience and protect the natural environment. Everything we do is designed to drive continual improvement and provide piece of mind. The piece of mind that is built upon years of successful outcomes, a broad portfolio of related work, industry leading expertise, and a commitment to sustainability and innovation.

We are actively building for the future today, giving our customers the high-quality assets they need to meet their future challenges. We keep clean water flowing through Britain’s taps, provide safe sewerage facilities and install infrastructure for Water Companies across the UK. We do this efficiently, safely and without fuss, while protecting the environment along the way.

**The Role**:
Working within the Procurement team, the Procurement Specialist will assist the business with their procurement requirements and provide support to the business in accessing and using the nominated suppliers and broader preferred supply chain list as well as sourcing new suppliers to deliver the business needs.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Performance management of suppliers including leading quarterly business reviews, helping to build supplier capacity where appropriate and collaborative working to achieve better business decisions and value within Amey
- Management of designated category responsibilities; building relationships and expertise to ensure all goods, materials and services are supplied at market leading competitive pricing
- Establishment of category strategies to include purchases, market intelligence and sourcing plans to meet the needs of the business
- Use of management information to improve supply and processes
- Spend trend analysis / compliance with strategies to resolve leakage
- Develop and execute specific product / service Master Agreements as part of supplier / category management responsibilities

Skills and Experience
- Ability to interpret data and analyse using Excel at an intermediate level
- General appreciation and exposure to Indirect Procurement categories
- Knowledge of Procurement and Supply Chain management principles
- Commercial experience around price negotiation, request for quotation and tender activity
- Have the vision to explore and develop leading edge procurement solutions
- Experience of negotiating IT software licence agreements (highly desirable)
- Procurement expertise within a large complex organisation
- A track record in conducting firm, fair and ethical negotiations with suppliers
- Knowledge of Indirect Procurement categories and services, including IT.
- CIPS qualified preferred but not essential

**Benefits**:

- We offer a competitive salary that is based on proven skills and experience. Hard work is celebrated and rewarded. We recognise that one size doesn’t fit all so everyone has access
- to a variety of flexible benefits that work for you.
- Min. 24 days holiday plus statutory holidays (option to buy more)
- Company pension scheme
- Life assurance
- A selection of lifestyle benefit options
- Financial well-being programme
- Employee assistance program for health and well-being and onsite mental health first aiders to support our colleagues
- We love to give back so we offer you volunteering days in your community and charity matched giving where we will boost your fundraising

Our main value is to “Move Life Forward” and we are committed to developing our colleagues and encouraging personal growth, in conjunction with a flexible working approach so

everyone can thrive in an inclusive and open environment.